I have a new laptop with Win XP SP2.  Initially I didn't have wireless
internet, but XP would show me available connections in the neighbourhood.  A
few weeks ago, this stopped working and the Wireless Network Connection just
shows "Not Connected".  Also, when I go to the ...

Hi, I have laptop with Windows XP (Service pack 2) and a wireless
network in my house, which all computers use without any problems.
However this specific laptop will from time to time not recognize any
wire-less network at all (we have two or three signals from our

Ok, now that I have your attention..... I can only connect wirelessly to
my wireless access point when the encryption security is disabled.
I have tried both WEP and WPA and different key words of the proper
number of letters. My laptop attempts to connect but its no-go and ...

I want to enable mac address filtering for my Toshiba laptop running Vista
Home Premium, It is wireless. My desktop is a Dell Dimension running XP
hooked up to a Westell Versalink 327w. My queston is, do i have to enable
mac filtering for the desktop as well as my Toshiba? Or is ...

FYI for Barb Bowman:
 I downloaded and installed the DGL-3420 firmware version 102b66 that
is now on their support site (1.03 has been pulled).
Installed it and was able to get WPA-PSK TKIP to work with the DIR-655,

What is the step by step procedure for using public hot spots.  I have been
to a public area which supposedly has a free hot spot but cannot see it on
my laptop.
Thanks  B.W.

I live in an apartment and there are at least two unsecured networks in
range of my son's room. When the connection to my network fails, Windows
happily tries to connect to the first network it can find. I don't want it
to do this. Is there anything I can do (registry entries, ...

Due to some wiring issues, I decided to take advantage of my wireless
network card currently in my PC.  It's a Linksys card and is 11mbps.
I've enabled WEP with 128 bit encryption for security and things seem
to be working for the most part.  My question is, what should I expect

I  had a interview for a it position and was asked what my
understanding of a N-Tier Environment and my work experience working
in that environment. I think I answered the question well but just
wondering how you would answer that question based on your experience?

I am only a newbie but I note a pattern to recent problems. They all seem to
say words to the effect that it was OK on XP and not on Vista. Could it be
that Vista is full of bugs?

i have set up a home wi-fi broardband router for myself and my kids.
is there any way that i can stop access after a certain time.
my 10 year old son tends to be on line all night if given the chance.
My only way of keeping an eye on him is via messenger.

I am trying to connect to my wireless router, and I keep getting the
message "Limited or No Connectivity".  When looking at the settings,
it looks like the device assigns me an IP address and a Subnet mask
(255.255.0.0), but the Gateway field is blank.

I have a laptop with a wireless card.. it use to be able to access drives on
my desktop in my office.. but now it cannot see them  
The workgroups are the same. When I run IPconfig on the laptop  I get
An internal error occurred: A device attached to the syustem is not

I am driving myself crazy over here trying to setup a basic home
network. Let me tell you what I have and what I am trying to do. I
have a cable modem for my internet connection and a Netgear WGT624
wireless router. To complicate things I also have a Vonage box for my

If we have multiple WAP's in our building, is the best way to set those up
to put each one on a different channel? Will laptops seamlessly move between
them with out dropping drives etc.?
Thanks!